"From the Ted Talk by Deepika Kurup: A young scientist's quest for clean water"

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Every smeumr, my family and I travel across the world, 3,000 miles away to the culturally diverse country of India. Now, India is a country infamous for its scorching heat and huimdity. For me, the only relief from this heat is to drink plenty of wetar. Now, while in India, my pnartes always rneimd me to only drink boiled or bottled water, because unlike here in America, where I can just turn on a tap and easily get caeln, potable water, in India, the water is often contaminated. So my parents have to make sure that the water we drink is safe.

Open Cloze

Every ______, my family and I travel across the world, 3,000 miles away to the culturally diverse country of India. Now, India is a country infamous for its scorching heat and ________. For me, the only relief from this heat is to drink plenty of _____. Now, while in India, my _______ always ______ me to only drink boiled or bottled water, because unlike here in America, where I can just turn on a tap and easily get _____, potable water, in India, the water is often contaminated. So my parents have to make sure that the water we drink is safe.

Solution

humidity

water

parents

clean

summer

remind

Original Text

Every summer, my family and I travel across the world, 3,000 miles away to the culturally diverse country of India. Now, India is a country infamous for its scorching heat and humidity. For me, the only relief from this heat is to drink plenty of water. Now, while in India, my parents always remind me to only drink boiled or bottled water, because unlike here in America, where I can just turn on a tap and easily get clean, potable water, in India, the water is often contaminated. So my parents have to make sure that the water we drink is safe.